Greatest Movies - My Pick!

There are some great movies that i have seen in these 25+ years and trust me, i have seen quite a few. Some of them are quite brilliant, some not so much but over the years i have found that my basket of movies tend to be split in generally three baskets;

1. Average and Bad movies - whatever the language,
2. Great Movies but which do not appeal to me, &
3. Movies that have really made me cry/ wonder/ gasp/ shout/ laugh/ feel intense happiness

I have also realized that most of these films in the 3rd category are those that deal predominantly with Fantasies - Magic & Wizardry, Surrealism, Extreme Romance, Resurrection of thy self. There might be a few exceptions but that is because the movies would have blown me away with the sheer magic of the acting.

I Present this list of top 25 movies and will also like to present a listing of top movies within each genre as i know it. One factor that i have kept in mind is that multiple parts have been clubbed as one movie preferably.

Top 25:

1. Forrest Gump
2. Vita e bella, la (Life is Beautiful)
3. Shawshank Redemption
4. Godfather Series
   
5. Lord of the Rings Series
   
6. Wall - E
7. Before Sunrise/ Before Sunset
   
8. Jaane Bhi do Yaaron (Forget about it, friends)
   
9. Kannathil Muthamital (Kiss on the cheek)
10. Rocky Series
    
11. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (Yup i am Mad ;-) )
    
12. Requiem for a Dream
13. Saving Private Ryan
14. Usual Suspects
15. Raat (Night)
16. Laberinto del fauno, El (Pan's Labyrinth)
    
17. The Terminal
18. Gandhi
19. Gladiator
20. Braveheart
21. Dumb & Dumber
22. The Dark Night
23. When Harry met Sally
24. Wall Street
25. The Exorcist

Genre Wise:

• Romance - Before Sunrise/ Before Sunset & DDLJ
• Fantasy - Lord of the Rings & Pan's Labyrinth
  
• Action - Matrix & Rocky
  
• Historical - Gladiator & Braveheart
  
• Comedy - Dumb & Dumber & Jaane Bhi do Yaaron
  
• Animation - Wall e & The Lion King
  
• Resurrection - Forrest Gump & Shawshank Redemption
  
• Drama - Godfather & The Pianist
  
• War - Saving Private Ryan & Full Metal Jacket
  
• Horror - Raat & Exorcist
• Business - Wall Street & Barbarians at the Gate
• Superheroes - The Dark Knight & The Iron Man
• Western - Once upon a time in the West & The good, The Bad and the Ugly
• Musical - Sound of Music & Singing in the Rain
• Biography - Gandhi & The Pursuit of Happyness
• Sci fi - Star Wars & Back to the Future
• Sport - Rocky & Remember the Titans
• Thriller - Psycho & The Usual Suspects

These are the movies that i will be writing more about in this blog and the blog Reality on 35mm, a blog where i talk about and review movies but do not update that often! :) (In my defense, i have to say that reviewing movies is hard work!)

These are the movies which have really shaped my viewing paradigms. Some of them might not be liked by many folks but that is understandable. According to me, movies are the world that we escape to when we are tired of the 'outside' world. And hence a lot of external attributes define & refine our tastes. Everyone has the right to create his/ her own world.....

However as i have said it earlier, this is my real world......Hope you Enjoy it!!